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Posted by Slinky on November 30, 2004, at 13:00:57
...them things you stick on and it's supposed to contract your muscles by electric pulse.
..my muscles are hardly used now cause I'm a sloth..and if I fall asleep wearing them would I awake all arnie shwatz
They seem too good to be true.
Posted by saw on December 1, 2004, at 2:02:12
In reply to do the electric toners work?, posted by Slinky on November 30, 2004, at 13:00:57
Posted by Larry Hoover on December 1, 2004, at 10:23:07
In reply to do the electric toners work?, posted by Slinky on November 30, 2004, at 13:00:57
> ...them things you stick on and it's supposed to contract your muscles by electric pulse.
> ..my muscles are hardly used now cause I'm a sloth..and if I fall asleep wearing them would I awake all arnie shwatz
> They seem too good to be true.
>Are you talking about TENS? Transcutaneous Electronic Nerve Stimulation? Same devices are sold as EMS, Electronic Muscle Stimulation, or similar phrasing.
Pure bogus. Yes, compared to the total sloth existence, there is an increase in muscle activity with these units. But compared to walking over to the other side of the room to pick the thing up off a shelf, walking is more exercise, hands down.
There is no machine that will replace anything even close the exercise of day to day activity. I don't think they are even 1% of the exertion of walking. Probably less than 0.1%.
Lar
Posted by slinky on December 3, 2004, at 18:40:21
In reply to Re: do the electric toners work? » Slinky, posted by Larry Hoover on December 1, 2004, at 10:23:07
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